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Scene From the Great Drama to Be Enacted Here Chautauqua Week J_ 'SMITH'S MY NAME. DON'T YOU CALL ME SMYTHE."?FHOM "THE SERVANT IN THE HOUst." KW plays have received raoro excelleut and enthusiastic comment from the leading newspapers and raaga xlnes of the country thnn "The Servant Iu the House." The following ure a few of many comments which appeared during the early ruu of this groat production: Tho most beautiful piny of all ages.?Chicago Dally News. The best example of dramatic work now extant?New York Evening Post A sensation.?Now York Tiroes. A Masterpiece.?Washington Post The most remarkable play in the English language.? Harper's Magazine A work of art that Is true enough and simple enough to touch the heart of the world.?Chicago Tribune. It bas come to stay ten weeks. It ought to stay a year.?Chicago Journal. An absorbing human story.?Now York Sun. Well, here la something worth while at last?New York Evening Mall. A work which will loom large In contemporaneous drsma.?Now York World. Tho surprise of tho theatrical year.?New York Tele? graph. A drama of absorbing human Interest and dellclously humorous situations.?Canadian Magazine. It is a play that loaves no one unmoved.?Independent Of n sudden "The Servant In tho House" has become the thing to see.?Harper's Weekly. Represents one of the highest uses to which tho theater may be put and It offers capital entertainment.?Red Book Magazine. It is a work for the world to sec and ponder upon.? Chicago Herald. Its absorbing Interest Is on a par with Its spiritual up? lift r~ 1 Its moral inspiration.?Hebrew Standard. A UiAPM which combines in an unusual degree absorb? ing Interest as a play with keen satire of certain tend? ency iu the church.?Outlook. WILL ENFORCE NEUTRALITY. (o\FKlU.N< i; AT NFAVPOHT m wn i?is< i ssi s hi: \ni uns. \.cd ,,l vroiK <.uar<l In Hampton RahuU lbs bled on to Protect Inter? est* or i nltcd Milte?-. Newport N'ewi, Va . M it h Enforcement of neutrality of the United 8tates In the port of Norfolk and Newport New? waa the subject of a protracted conference at Iba Norfolk navy yard late today follow? ing the arrival In Hampton lb.ads of the battleship Alabama, which took a commanding position In the chan? nel to the sea and remained there tonight taking on ammunition am) supplies. Participating In the conference were Hear Admiral Heuty, com? mander of the Norfolk yard; Hear Admir tl Helm of the res. r\. Atlantic fleet, who arrived on the Alabama, and Norman K. Hamilton, collector of customs for the port. Whilo the conference at the navy yard was In progress. I'apt. Max Thiei n bens, com? mander of the Herman converted cruiser Prlns Eitel Friedrich, still in dock here, waa closeted ,vith cus? toms officials at Newport News. Primarily. It was learned the Ala bama inn- to Hampton Koads to guard the neutrality interests of the I'nited States between a H rman man of-war within an American port and a fleet of warships of tin- BOTOpean allies which i* reported hovering off tho Virginia capes. That the situa? tion thus presented demanded the prenence of an American warship wa generally admitted. Reports that the silled warships which have been off t he <?.? p< t be ( b rm i n r.i id- r arrived hern hail ventured within the three-mile limit and that merchant *hlp* had furnished them with sup pile* had been circulated here for several days before the sending of the Alabama. Ah to merchant ships it was anid that they had taken deck loads of coal after tilling their bunk? ern and taken on other cargo. In the ease of one steamer particularly, which was ealb d |sj the attention of the authorities. Collect of Hamilton tonight Haid tti it Investigation dls closed she bid brouKbt c<al from abroad whb h she delivered lo .1 llrit? tnh ship and that, she did n->t gel it In the t'nlted States. Henry v.. Holmse, ggenl ??r British shipping interests here, declared thai he had absolute knowledge that go merchant ship bad taken filed or sup? plies t?? any of the warship* T;iK Ing deck io n's of coal, Mr. Holmes wild, was necessary ea neconnl of en? tr? heavy ggfffjsjss] carrbd for foreign ports. T>r. W. A. Allston. Of UagOOd, was In the city on Tucsduy. BELGIUM*! BUIiER BAYS HE cant i*xi>i:kstam> GKR MAX ATTITVDi:. Dors not See Wh They Violated Neu? trality of Ills Uttlc Country?Ifjjn He l> Not a Hero. Geneva. Switzerland, March 30.?"l am not a hero; ><>u will And them in our tr? iniii'.s," said Albert, king Of Um Btlfftamj at nil Held headquarter! in an interview- today with Bdouard ChapulBBl Of the Journal de Geneve. "I atiirm that before the war 1 and miv country observed aorupulously all the requirements of neutrality that the powers preecrlbed for us. with the precision of the ?peclflcatloni In an engineering contract." "Tout neutrality*" said Kins Al bart, reft ring to Switzerland, "is an act of sovereignty. Ours has been obligatory by an agreement of tin* powers. Nevertheless, you see the re? sult." The kin*. alluding to hardships which Belgium had undergone, said: "it is neeeasary to t< 11 the truth about these tilings, but it is better to use model ate language because the in<.re moderate the stronger one is." Further on the Belgian monarch retna rked: "We had in? ill-feeling against Ger? many. We received her business pe< - pie, We had cordial and courteous relations. "Ka n at the present moment i am at a loai to explain why we have been made tu suffer what we hav e suff< I? ?1 1 can explain to myself still less thosi acts of cruelty, i never could have Imagined that the German was malev? olent, (>n the contrary, 1 consid? ered him as a, quiet and democratic character, i know many Germane, i have German blood in my veins. My mother Wai the Countess of Flanders ?a Hohenaollern, Wh) all these cruelties." The hing, referlng t?? allegations that by certain conversations Belgium had compromised her neutrality, aid; "Once again i affirm that it is not true." INsi'i < n<>\ < OMI'1,1 I I It. \ojt. t.en. Moore Now I'rcpaliim His Annual ||i*|iort, COlumbw? March 19, Adt. Gen. Moore has ilnlahed the annual Inspec? tions of the gouth Carolina National [Guards and is now preparing ins re? port for |hs government, ?< n< Moore iys that of tic thirty-one infantry [companies there will bo enough left to make two fail rcglmoiitM of twelve companies, with possibly one or two companies over, He Intimated that at least live companies wa re dellclcnt ?cud would be mustered out. HIOUMAN II. PALMER OF CHAR? LESTON has DEVICE? PATENTED, Inventor says Thai by Moans of In? vention Switch can bo Tiimcil While Train is in Motion?Hopes to Make Practical Demonstration of Apparatus. News und Courier. Herman H. Palmer, of Charleston hub been Issued a patent by the Unit? ed siates government for an automat? ic and safety switch for railroads. It is expected that a practical demon? stration of the devices will be made soon. Mr. Palmer has also Invented recently a sanitary envelope that does away with gum for fastening Its da pa in speaking of bis BWitch Mr. Palmer' said that he had experimented with a miniature railroad, and that the de? vices worked without a fault. By means of levers in the locomotive crib a plunger is let down by compressed air. These roll on and push down a plunger at the sides of the track, and a drum is thereby wound, pulling chains connected I > a rod. These chains pull the* switch points over, and when the connection Is made it Is locked automatically. Mr. Palmer said that the plunger would be work? ed about three hundred yards from the sw itch point, thus allowing plenty of tune. "The trains would not have to alow 01? or Stop In ord? r for a switch to be I turned," he said. "The engineer could tell by looking at a signal structure whether the switch he was approach? ing was open or closed and could gov? ern himself accordingly. The saving of time WOUld be considered and, 1 i'? lleve, the danger from open switch? es would he greatly minimised. The I Invention allows for the opening and closing ?'f switches from the engine while it Is In motion going fast. ' l am hoping to interest a local railroad BUfflclentl) to have a prac? tical d< monstratlon made In Charles? ton, and 1 am confident of the result of such a demonstration. The cost of the device to be placed In an engine Is not heavy and the cost of the switch Icqulpmenjl is also reasonable." j Mr. Palmer's sanltm envelope Is I fastened b) means of small metal pieces, which locks securely, it being t in i essary tu I ear an t n\ elope In order I to gel al its contents, Sample envelopes base been Bhown to friends, who believe that the Invention will be ' profitable, ? 'olumbltt, Mai. h ::?>.?The bearing for the Iat \>< nnlon ol \v. W, Hucku bee as Bherlff of Kershnw county, was begun before Governor Manuln;; luday at i.n. The sheriff was nol present, t!< In charged wllb uon-cn? lorccinciit of llic law. SUBMARINE TASK HALTED. HAWSER UHEAKS AXD EFFORTS ARE SUSPENDED. Construction of !>i\ing BcU Goch on? Secretary of Navy bays Craft Will bo liaised to Ascertain Defect Which Caused it to sink. Washington, March 30.?Efforts to raise the sunken submarine F-4 off Honolulu were temporarily suspended today when a hawser with which the vessel was being dragged towards shore snapped. Rear Admiral Moore reported from Honolulu late today that the submarine evidently was waterlogged and too heavy to be raised by the equipment employed by the searching fleet. This report de? stroyed any faint hopes that have bet n left of finding any of the crew of -l alive. The vessM lies in IS fathoms of water. Preparations for raising her by pontoons are being made. Admiral Moore's report said: "Lieut. B. smith, commanding [first submarine division of the Pacldc 'torpedo flotilla, has located the F-4 j and moved her slight distance inj Shore. kitting hawser parted. Sab-' marine evidently waterlogged. Equip? ment too li^ht to raise her. Making arrangements to lift her by pontoon method. Still have line on subma? rine and can hold her location. Depth 45 fathoms. "Moore." Secretary Daniels said tonight the j nav y department would raise ihe F-4 | at any cost to determine the cause Of her accident that it might guard against future disasters. He de nied rc- j ports of dissatisfaction over the work being done by the naval authorities at Honolulu. "The department is convinced that everything possible is being done with the means at hand," Mr. Daniels raid, j "Honolulu, being an isolated station, is naturally not well equipped for sal? vage purposes, but there is every In? dication that the ollicers and men at Honolulu are working indefatigablyJ night and day to raise the submarine and resuee their shipmates. "Should Admiral Moore, commau dant of the station, and Lieut. Smith, i Commander Of the submarine division, fail to raise the submarine through lack of necessary appliances, it is the department's intention to send from this country the necessary salvage equipment, including deep sea diving apparatus as well as expert deep sea divers, to accomplish the purpose. "The department is determined to raise the F-4 at any cost and deter? mine the cause of her accident In or? der that similar accidents muy be j avoided in the future." PREPARE FOR WORK. Rapid Progress Made In Construction Of Big Diving Tube. Honolulu, March 30.?Work on a diving tube, with which it is hoped to locate definitely the submarine F-4, lost With its crew of -1 men outside the harbor here since Thursday, pro? gressed so rapidly today that it was believed it might be ready for use early tomorrow. Drag lines of the naval tug Navajo are fast to an object believed to be the submarine. With the aid of the div? ing tube it quickly will be determined ollicers say, whether the Xavajo's lind really is the F-4. WINTER BLASTS FOR SOUTH. Temperatures Far Below season'* Record Predicted. Washington. March 30.?Winter blasts will return to the South Wed? nesday and temperatures far below the season's record will prevail throughout most* of the Southeastern States, the weather bureau announced tonight. The cold wave will touch the Gulf coast and extend into Northern Florida. Cold wave warnings were issued 1 tonight for Southeast Louisiana, the south portions of Mississippi. Ala? bama, Georgia and for Northwestern Florida. Storm warnings are displayed on the Atlantic coast from Fortress Mon ' roe to Jacksonville, and on the Gulf ? oast from Tampa to Brownsville. I An unusually heavy snow for the season fell today in Tennessee. ! WOULD NOT LOSE COLLEGE. Columbia Hopes to Retain c ollege for Women. Columbia, March 30.?A mass meet? ing of citizens was held this ufternotl to consider what steps are neeessa-v to retain the < !ollcge for Wome I. which Is to ho consolidated with Chlcoru College In Greenville. After going over the situation two commit? tees were appointed, one to canvass the bankers and the other to canvass the merchants to see what they would do (..ward giving a fund to secure tin I $35,000 loan for the Colege. I alec;, something like thia is done th< chances are thai the Coli? ge ror Wo ' mon w ill be removed to Greem lll< .: nd consolidated ? II h < 'hlcora C ?I liege. MARCH is USHERED OUT WITH SNOWFALL OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. Much Snow, Sleet ami Hain In Past Twenty-four Honrs ? Weatlier Breaks Ail Records of Scnaona for Recent Years, Although Snow la Told of in May Many Years Hack. From The Daily Item, March 51. Dame Nature in her playful moo is can play some colossal pranks, auch as the most Ingenious Of men could not have devised in an ordinary life? time. Just n<>w the lady in question has exerted herself to break late rec? ords for weather conditions on March 30th and -Ust in the memory of the ordinary man or woman. March was ushered out by a heavy fall of snow, something almost un known in this "sunny southland," and sleet and rain In plenty accompanied the snow. This morning: late risers awoke to find that the rain was not falling, as it. had been when they dropped Oft* into the land of nod last night, for the snow, "the beautiful snow," that the poets write about, had come in Its place and waa falling fast In white and sober beauty. The fall commenced shortly after 7 o'clock and continued until about 9 o'clock, when it ceased and the fallen Hakes i quickly converted themselves into ! the worst kind of slush underfoot. The snow was preceded by a cold, raw day here yesterday, with plenty of rain during the late afternoon and a good sprinkle of elect during the , early part of the afternoon. The*n I during the night there was an almost continuous fall of rain, Which chang? ed to sleet at 7 o'clock this morning and which in turn was changed to snow a few minutes la.tor. Persona on the street between 8 and 9 o'clock were given the unusual Sight at tnis season of trees and houses being cov? ered with" snow. The ground was warm and the snow and sleet melted almost as fast as it fell to the ground, making con? ditions for pedestrians, and vehicles too, for that matter, decidedly unde? sirable. No one would have suspect? ed on Monday, when the sun was shining with a warm and spring? like mildness, that the next day would be one of rain, and the next one of snow. It seemed that Nature was playing a hind of April fool's joke on humanity. The chief alleviating feature of the whole affair was the absence of the strong, high wind which has come to be looked for as a necessary adjuct of March weather, showing that the old saying is not always true, "if March comes in like a lion it will no out like a lamb" and vice versa, for both the opening and closing days of the month were devoid of anything which could be called a stiff breeze. It la true, however, that there was one day along about the middle of the month which was almost bad enough for all the other thirty days. Nor was Bumter the only place to suffer from the cold, which delayed the visit of spring and made the ladies and gentlemen lay aside their spring suits and hats and return once more to the garments Of winter. From nil of the towns In the northern, central and western sections of the State come reports of snow and sleet, with heavy falls of rain, and. as one ic port stated "of winter freezing on the job." Fears for the fruit and vegetable crop were reported from some places, although it Is too early yet to state what damage has been done here, if any, by the freakish weather to gardens and fruits. The weather conditions are not un j precedentod, for the older citizens of the town tell about the time that there was ;v heavy fall of snow about a the middle of May. along about the year 1840, this historical fact bavin:; been told to them by their fathers and mothers. There are some now living who remember the big snow on April i:>, isr,o. Columbia, March 30.?Sleet, snow and rain have been some of the brands of weather which has envelop? ed Columbia today, accompanied by a biting March wind, which drove pedestrians Into overcoats and broke up the wearing, temporarily, of spring attire. An Inclination lo ram gave way .shortly after the noon hour to a suddenly violent sleet storm, which. I however, melted as fast as it fell. Af? ter a lull of about an hour large flakes j of snow began to tall and this con? tinued several minutes, but the snow , did not linger, melting ;is fast as it struck the ^ arth. This i.-i unusual weather for Co? lumbia ??n March 80 and many agreed with the statement ol i alted states j Senator i?. li. Ttllman that this was the most "atrocious" March from a weather standpoint they have ever 1 seer i The sev< rltj ol tin areather is caus I lug uneasiness on account of the trucking and fruit. Many trees are In bloom and n freeze would mean no I fruit this year In South Carolina. EXECUTIVE POWER TO REMOVE OPINIONS RENDERED P?Y AT? TORNEY GENERAL ON GOV? ERNOR'S AUTHORITY. Shows IVbafl Officers May be Renew? ed ami for What OsYesssss?Bnueiy Comes under Oallon-a-Month Act, Says 1'etiles. Col um iiia. March ?The powe r In ihc hands of tho governor to re? move peace officers for failure to en? force tho laws Is great, and there is much Interest just at present in this matter because of the insistence of Gov. Manning on law enforcement. The opinion rendered by the attorney general on tins matter at the request of Mr. Manning goes into the power of the governor over mayors and city officials, sheriffs, magistrates, con? stables, rural policemen and other of? ficers. The opinion will be of State wide interest just at this time. In part it is as follows: "1 am in receipt of yours of the 2d of February in which you say, 'will you please give me your official opin? ion as to the power of the governor to remove sheriff or other couny offi? cers; or mayors, intendants or other municipal officers, charged with the enforcement of the law.* "In reply I will say that the Con? stitution, Section 27, Article 111, pro? vides that 'officers shall be removed for ii.capacity, misconduct or neglect of duty in such manner as may be pro? vided by ?law when no mode of trial or removal is provided in this Con? stitution.' "Section 538 of the Criminal Code of 1013, provides a-s follows: "Section 538. Any county officer who is guilty of misconduct or per Bistent neglect of duty in office, or any person who appointed or elected, the duties of which he has not the ca? pacity to properly discharge, shall, upon indictment and true bill after warrant, or after presentment of a grand jury and indictment and true l ill thereon, be tried as for misde? meanor in office, and, upon conviction, the otiico shall be declared vacant and the sentence shall be removal of de? fendant from ofiice, and the vacancy shall be filled as when a vacancy oc? curs by death or resignation." Setion 54 5 and 046 of the Criminal Code of 1912, provides as follows: "Section 54 5. Any public officer hereafter to be elected or appointed, whose authority is limited to a single election or judicial district, who Shall be guilty of any official misconduct, habitual negligence, habitual drunk? enness, corruption, fraud or oppres? sion, shall be liable to indictment, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars and imprisoned not exceeding one year." "Sheriffs and other county officers come within the provisions of tho statutes quoted, and I am of the opin? ion that mayors and intendants come within the provisions of Sections 545 and 546 hereinabove quoted. It Sfill be seen from a reading of these sec? tions that an officer may be removed only after indictment and true bill after warrant, this removal being done by proclamation of the governor. "There is a provision also in the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 466, which gives power for the bringing of an action by the rttorney general in the name of the State upon his own information or upon the complaint of any private party, or by private party interested on lea' e granted by a Circuit Judge against the parties of? fending, when any person shall usurp, intrude into, or unlawfully hold or exercise any public office within this State, or when any public officer shall have done or suffered an act, which, by the provisions of law, -hall make a forfeiture of his office, in which case the removal is by Ju? dicial decree." Thos. 11. Peeples. attorney general, has given several opinions of State? wide interest. The attorney general holds that the shipments of brandy are in the same class with the shipments of whiskey, and that only one gallon a month may I be ordered. ARRANGE FRENCH CREDIT. Morgan & C o.. and Bankers to Place Ponds. Neu York. March 30.?J. r. Mor? gan & Co., with the National City Bank and the First National Pank, have concluded arangementa with France under which they will soon make an offering to American inves? tors ot one-year 5 pei cent. French ' treasury bonds, according to an? nounce incuts made here today. Tin? bonds will bear data of April 1. to mature April 1, 19la. Interest will lie payable sc mi-annually. The bonds will be offered to investors at '.".? l-L' and Interest. Proceeds of the bonds Will be used ;.' pa) foi purchases made by France .in the L*nitcd states. The amount of bonds to be bought has not yet been determined, but probably will not be less than $25, 000,000, and may be as much as *50,? OOO.OvO.